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ILCN ELCN Earth Day Online Plenary

On the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, the ILCN/ELCN Earth Day Plenary highlights the importance of leadership at all levels of society – from national, subnational, and local government to civic and grassroots initiatives – to protect natural and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.  
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration Law and Policy Organization and Governance Privately Protected Areas

Webinars: State of Forest Carbon Finance

Forest Trends

Series of webinars based on the State of Forest Carbon Finance report (2017).
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Finance

State of Biodiversity Mitigation 2017

Genevieve Bennett, Melissa Gallant, and Kerry ten Kate

This report shows how smart mitigation policies can leverage new financial resources and momentum in pursuit of “no net loss” of biodiversity, complementing traditional conservation strategies such as protected areas.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Law and Policy

ILCN e-Newsletter, September 2017

ILCN

Expanding the Toolbox for Conservation, from Canada, to California, Chile and South Africa's Western Cape
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Beyond the Source: The environmental, economic and community benefits of source water protection

This report by The Nature Conservancy analyzes 4,000 cities to demonstrate the health, climate and biodiversity benefits of source water protection.
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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

Impact Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture across Asset Classes: Financing Resilient Value Chains through Total Portfolio Activation

This paper has a specific focus on impact investing in sustainable food and agriculture across asset classes. At a time when farmers, entrepreneurs and companies are increasingly rising to the growing demand for more transparent, organic and local food supply chains, investors have a critical role to play in financing stronger links local...
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication
Topic Finance

ILCN e-Newsletter, July 2017

Updates from Argentina, Romania, Panama, the IUCN, and the world of finance.
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market

Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace

This report tracks the burgeoning field of “conservation investing” – a component of socially and environmentally conscious “impact investing.” The private sector channeled $8.2 billion (B) of private capital into investments that seek measurable environmental benefits – in addition to financial returns – between 2004 a...
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance

Conservation Finance From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class

Credit Suisse et al.

A toolkit for substantially growing the investment that flows into the conservation sector, illustrated by a few concrete ideas that we deem to be scalable, repeatable, and investable.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance

ILCN e-Newsletter, May 2017

International Land Conservation Network

Announcing the ILCN's 2018 Global Congress, introducing the ELCN, World Environment Day, and more
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Resource Type ILCN Newsletter
Topic Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Private Capital for Working Lands Conservation

The Conservation Finance Network

A new report from the Conservation Finance Network translates practitioner insight into a framework and common language to describe the way in which conservation finance markets materialize and mature. 
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance